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Title
Figurines of Aba Magal's magic grove, Ethiopia
Creator
Waßmann, Dietrich Sr
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
archiv@elm-mission.net
Description
"Figuren aus Aba Magals Zauberhain" ("Figurines of Aba Magal's magic grove"). Photograph of stone figurines, pillars and vessels lying on the ground. Some are broken.
Separate note reading: "Die letzten Zeugen vergangener Herrlichkeit im heiligen Hain Aba Magals. [L]etzte Opferfiguren, Steinsäulen und Opfergefässe liegen verwahrlost und zerbrochen umher" ("The last witnesses of past glory in the sacred grove of Aba Magal. [L]ast sacrifice figurines, stone pillars and sacrifice vessels lie around neglected and broken").
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
10 x 7 cm.
photographs
photographic prints
Identifier
IMP-ELM-AE-853.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-85179
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-853.jpg
Subject
Sacred groves
Shrines
Pottery
Sacred sites
Customs and traditions
General views
Place
Africa
Ethiopia
Source
ELM/AE/Fotos - 853 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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